Guidelines for antimicrobial treatment of uncomplicated acute bacterial cystitis and acute pyelonephritis in women

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 745-758

  Warren, John W ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Abrutyn, Elias ^a,b,c,d,e   Richard Hebel, J ^a,b,c,d,e   Johnson, James R ^a,b,c,d,e   Schaeffer, Anthony J ^a,b,c,d,e   Stamm, Walter E ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFADROXIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLEROXACIN; FOSFOMYCIN; LOMEFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; PIVMECILLINAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RITIPENEM; RUFLOXACIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0033511781     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520427     Document Type: Review

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